Rita looked thoughtfully up at the trees that she trudged past on her walk to work. By rights she should have been skipping along this morning. It was going to be one of those gorgeous autumn days, she was early enough to enjoy a leisurely coffee before her shift having woken before her alarm for once and she'd just had the best night's sleep in weeks. Her stomach flipped and she allowed herself a little smile as she thought about what - or who - had been keeping her awake the rest of time recently. Her relationship with Iain had started over a month ago now and they continued to be unable to keep their hands off each other. She inhaled a shuddering breath as she thought about him: his lips, his touch and the way he could practically undress her with one look from those lust-filled dark green eyes...

C'mon Freeman get a grip, you're not a teenager anymore. She sighed as she realised she should probably stop him being such a distraction at work. It was only a matter of time before they got caught by a colleague, or that her mind wandering to thoughts of his athletic body would cause her a lapse in judgement with a patient. She resolved to be more professional going forward, she'd be crazy to jeopardise all the work she'd put in to get to this stage in her nursing career. The intensity of the physical attraction between them couldn't last forever anyway she reasoned with herself. That said she was damn sure she was going to enjoy it while it lasted. She deserved that much. They just needed to keep it to the bedroom or... well, away from work at the very least. Rita grinned again as she recalled how they didn't even make it out of her hallway the night they first got together.

"Well that's sorted then, I just need to be more professional" she announced out loud trying to sound as convinced as possible that her problem was solved. She dropped her shoulders as she realised that the nagging feeling in bottom of stomach was still there. Chewing on her lip Rita tried to think about exactly what was bothering her.

"At least I don't talk to myself when I walk in with Iain" she said out loud again and stopped suddenly as she approached the doors to the ED. It couldn't be that she was actually missing him this morning could it? She thought back to the moment she woke up. Expecting to be pleased to have the bed to herself and her duvet on top of her for once, she recalled how strange it had been not to be greeted by the sight of his tousled brown hair at the top of a tangle of long limbs and bedding. And who would have thought she would have noticed how much nicer it is when someone else brings you a cup of tea in the morning…

"Blimey, you'll be wanting flowers and candlelight next" she chastised herself.

"Lovely offer Nurse Freeman but not tonight - I'm washing Matilda's hair!" Rita snapped back out of her thoughts and blushed as she realised Cal was holding the door open for her.

"Oh Cal, hi, I was just…" she mumbled to the young doctor.

"Talking to yourself? First sign of madness" he winked at her cheekily.

"Humm, I think I am going mad" she said shaking her head as she headed towards the staffroom to start her day.